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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Solomon N'gora" <princengora@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 20:10:53 +0200
Subject: Solomon N'gora

Dear Sir,

With due respect and humility I write this letter to you which I believe you will be of great assistance to me.

My name is Solomon N'gora, I am 18 years old, I am the only son of late Dr. Williams N'gora JR, My father was a businessman but special adviser to the presidency of the Republic Cote D’ivoire.

I was in second year in the university when my father was poisoned to death and the culprits unknown till date
With the cause of this event, I’m contacting you in request of your assistance for the retrievement of Us $ 3. 7 million dollars my father deposited in the Security Company here Abidjan before his death. I have all the valid documents for the deposit of the funds.

Consequently, I need your assistance to retrieve this fund from the security company and also assist me to invest the fund in a very good and profitable venture in your country and also let me know how many percent you will take from the total sum.

Please contact me via my email (princengora@yahoo.co.uk ) for more details.

(Please this is very very confidential between you and me for security reasons)

Waiting for your good respond.

Sincerely,
Solomon N'gora




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